![]() ![]() It was also used in Canberra at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy from late 1972. The flag was first flown on National Aborigines Day in Victoria Square in Adelaide on 9 July 1971. History The Aboriginal Flag at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1974 When printing on paper, the CMYK colours are superior. When displaying in physical fabric formats, it is much preferred to use the Pantone specifications. In most cases, on-screen or digital reproductions of the flag should use the RGB colours as in the table above. The official colour specifications of the Australian Aboriginal Flag are: Scheme Red – the red can have two meanings: representing the red earth, the red ochre used in ceremonies and Aboriginal peoples' spiritual relation to the land and representing the blood of the Aboriginal people Ĭolours A 2:3 version of the flag using RGB approximations of the official Pantone colours.Yellow circle – represents the Sun, the giver of life and protector.Black – represents the Aboriginal people of Australia.The symbolic meaning of the flag colours (as stated by Harold Thomas) is: Design A version of the flag in 1:2 proportions Symbolic meaning The design is reproduced in Schedule 1 and described in Schedule 2. In the 2008 proclamation, the flag "is recognised as the flag of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and a flag of significance to the Australian nation generally" and appointed "to be the flag of the Aboriginal peoples of Australia and to be known as the Australian Aboriginal Flag". It was therefore almost identically replaced, on 25 January 2008, with effect as from 1 January. Due to an "administrative oversight", the 1995 proclamation was not lodged so that it would continue in force indefinitely hence it automatically expired on 1 January 2008. The Government of Australia granted it "Flag of Australia" status, under the Flags Act 1953, by proclamation on 14 July 1995. The overall proportions of the flag, as proclaimed, are 2:3 however, the flag is often reproduced in the proportions 1:2 as with the Australian National Flag. The flag is horizontally and equally divided into a black region (above) and a red region (below) a yellow disc is superimposed over the centre of the flag. The flag was designed for the land rights movement and became a symbol of Aboriginal people of Australia. Thomas held the intellectual property rights to the flag's design until January 2022, when he transferred the copyright to the Commonwealth government. The flag was designed in 1971 by Harold Thomas, an Aboriginal artist who is descended from the Luritja people of Central Australia. ![]() It is one of the officially proclaimed flags of Australia, and has special legal and political status together with the national flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag, with which it is often flown. The Australian Aboriginal Flag represents Aboriginal Australians. ![]() Marching from Parliament House down King William Street to Victoria Square/Tarntanyangga, Adelaide, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aboriginal Flag, 8 July 2001 (discord)(the channel will be made as soon as the region reaches 15 member states)Ħ.Officially proclaimed flag representing Aboriginal AustraliansĪ horizontal bi-colour of black and red with a yellow disc in the centre. All results shall be submitted in the flag design contest channel on the Sonowae regional communications network. If that stage also ties, a public decision will be made using a digital coin flip.ĥ. If two flags tie in first place, there will be a second voting stage that will last another week to finalize the decision. The citizens of Sonowae will have a one week period to vote in a clear poll.Ĥ. The contest will begin as Sonowae reaches 15 member states.ģ. No ideological signs, since Sonowae is a region made for all so that the citizens of the region can feel that they are waving a flag that isn’t pressuring a ideology they don’t supportĢ. Below are the list of rules for the design contestġ. The way our flag will be chosen will be with a poll contest. As the region of Sonowae is an extremely young region, it is necessary that we should adopt a flag. ![]()
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